Laptops :: Acernote P120 16MB RAM



Greetings, All,

 I am installing DSL on my old Acernote.  It's a P120 with 16 MB of RAM and a 1GB hard drive.  It originally ran (and still runs) Win98.  Here is the story so far (including my current sticking point--all advice is welcome):

- Following the outline of Robert Shingledecker, and using tomsrtbt, I was able to repartition my drive.  I left Windows about 700MB and divided the rest into a partition of 64MB and another of about 236MB.  

NOTE:  In order to successfully run Robert's frugal_lite.sh script, I had to change the ibiblio.org URL to a mirror site at ftp.oss.cc.gatech.edu.  ibiblio.org wasn't allowing me to wget the current.iso file.

- I have successfully gone through the process of executing the frugal_lite.sh script and have rebooted into what I guess is the "poormans" DSL.  However, I am not root, so I can't even mount a drive.  Moreover, I'm a Linux novice and don't remember a lot of commands.  It's learn-as-I-go time!

 - Robert says, in his brief guide,

Note: After you get your system running from boot floppy (poorman's) then you can install again into the other partition using the standard frugal_instal.sh giving you much more control of your system. Use the (L)ive CD install option as the poorman's is a virtual liveCD.

Or if the other partiton is large enough then do a regular dsl-hdinstall.

 -And this is where I'm stuck.  Where is the standard frugal_instal.sh?  What does he mean that poorman's is a virtual liveCD?  Is my 236MB partition large enough for a regual dsl-hdinstall?

If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd be very grateful, and I'll post all my notes here in the forum.

Thanks,
Dellengwyn
I'm not entirely sure, but can you boot the poormans' partition? If so, just right click->Apps->Tools->frugal install->Grub or Lilo Install

Then just answer the questions....I think

-Matthew
At the moment, I'm just booting from the floppy.  I read somewhere about copying the KNOPPIX directory onto the hard drive, but I haven't done that yet.  Is that the next step?

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